ears,wereincludedinthismeta-analysis.Weobservedamodestbutstatisticallysignificantinverseassociationbetweenteaconsumptionandriskofstroke.Anincreaseofthreecups/dinteaconsumptionwasassociatedwitha13%decreasedriskofstroke(RR0.87;95%CI,0.81-0.94).Thedecreasedriskofstrokewithteaconsumptionwasconsistentamongmostsubgroups.Basedonthethreestudiesthatprovidedresultsforstrokesubtypes,teaconsumptionwasalsoinverselyassociatedwiththeriskofischemicstroke(RR0.76;95%CI,0.69-0.84),butnotcerebralhemorrhage(RR0.96;95%CI,0.82-1.11)orsubarachnoidhemorrhage(RR0.81;95%CI,0.57-1.16).CONCLUSIONS:Teaconsumptionisassociatedwithadecreasedriskofstroke,particularlyischemicstroke.Morewell-designed,rigorouslyconductedstudiesareneededinordertomakeconfidentconclusionsabouttheassociationbetweenteaconsumptionandstrokesubtypes.